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Complexastrea thevenini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Confusastrea thevenini was named by Etallon (1858).

It was recombined as Complexastrea thevenini by Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Confusastrea thevenini Etallon
1973Complexastrea thevenini Turnsek and Mihajlovic p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusComplexastrea(d'Orbigny 1850)
speciesthevenini(Etallon 1858)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Complexastrea thevenini Etallon 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Berriasian or 155.70000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Complexastrea thevenini (68368 68369)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Complexastrea thevenini (34611)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Complexastrea thevenini (23904)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) Complexastrea thevenini (87068)